THE GREEN HUTS OF LEWES

  • Two of the Green huts still standing in Lewes - Taken by Unknown 27 Sep 2024

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Reference WMO/302556

Address:

OLD GORRINGE'S AUCTION HUTS

GARDEN STREET

SOUTH OVER

GRANGE GARDENS

LEWES

BN7 1TJ

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: Unknown
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Other structure/building
Materials:
  • Other Other
Lettering: Unknown
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: This is not a war memorial based on the information currently available. Although the huts are a tangible link to the soldiers of the British West Indies Regiment and the Canadian Foresters, amongst others, their function was as a chapel to be used by those soldiers stationed in this country during World War I and there is no evidence to suggest that the buildings have been dedicated as war memorials. The huts are an important part of our cultural heritage, act as historical markers and create a tangible thing to our past but this does not make them war memorials. For a definition of a war memorial see the Links tab. These corrugated huts were originally erected in Seaford and catered for commonwealth soldiers during the WW1 among them the West Indies regiment used these huts for socialising and worshiping in 1919 they were dismantled and transported to Lewes. These are the only standing structures associated with the West indies Regiment still available as a heritage site.
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